Sarah Lieber, M.D. - Faculty Profile

Biography

Sarah R. Lieber, M.D., M.S.C.R., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of the Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases. Her clinical practice emphasizes patient-centered care for individuals with advanced liver disease in need of liver transplantation.

Originally from New Jersey, Dr. Lieber holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She earned her medical degree at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and completed a residency in internal medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. She then received advanced training in gastroenterology and transplant hepatology through fellowships at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also holds a master’s degree in clinical research from UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Lieber joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2020.

Dr. Lieber's research interests are focused on survivorship after liver transplantation, including patient-reported and medical outcomes, as well as implementation of health behavior interventions. She serves as an ad hoc reviewer for Liver Transplantation, Hepatology, The American Journal of Bioethics, Pediatric Transplantation, and Clinical Ethics.

Dr. Lieber is a member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Gastroenterological Association, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the American Society of Transplantation, and the European Association for the Study of the Liver.

Dr. Lieber is the recipient of the 2022-2025 ACG Junior Faculty Development Award, 2021-2022 KL2 Scholar Award, 2018 AASLD Innovation Award and the 2019 AASLD Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Award.

Personal Note
Dr. Lieber’s interests outside of medicine include cooking, cycling, traveling, and spending time with her family and dogs.

Education

Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School (2013)
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center (2016), Internal Medicine
Graduate School: Gillings School of Public Health - University of North Carolina (2019)
Fellowship: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (2019), Gastroenterology
Fellowship: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (2020), Transplant Hepatology

Research Interest

Health Behavior Intervention Adaptation and Implementation
Liver Transplantation Outcomes
Patient-reported Outcomes in Advanced Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation
Survivorship after Liver Transplantation

Publications

Featured Publications

Financial burden in a US cohort of patients with HCC.: Desai R, Jiang Y, VanWagner LB, Singal AG, Lieber SR, Hepatol Commun 2024 Jun 8 6
Psychiatric diagnoses are common after liver transplantation and associated with increased healthcare utilization and patient financial burden.: Lieber SR, Jones AR, Jiang Y, Gowda P, Patel M, Lippe B, Shenoy A, Evon DM, Gurley T, Ngo V, Olumesi M, Trudeau RE, Noriega Ramirez A, Jordan-Genco L, Mufti A, Lee SC, Singal AG, VanWagner LB, Liver Transpl 2024 May
Financial burden after liver transplantation is significant among commercially insured adults: A large U.S. National Cohort.: Lieber SR, Jiang Y, Jones AR, Gowda P, Ufere NN, Patel MS, Gurley T, Noriega Ramirez A, Ngo VM, Olumesi MC, Trudeau RE, Marrero J, Craddock Lee SJ, Mufti A, Singal AG, VanWagner LB, Liver Transpl 2023 Dec
A paradigm for fostering patient-centered research in liver disease: The liver transplant patient-engagement program.: Lieber SR, VanWagner LB, Noriega Ramirez A, Serper M, Singal AG, Evon DM, Hepatol Commun 2023 Apr 7 4
Active coping, resilience, post-traumatic growth, and psychiatric symptoms among early and late liver transplant survivors.: Lieber SR, Baldelli L, Kim HP, Nash RP, Noriega Ramirez A, Magee G, Barritt AS, Evon DM, Singal AG, Liver Transpl 2023 Mar 29 3 290-306
Early Survivorship after Liver Transplantation: A Qualitative Study Identifying Challenges in Recovery From The Patient and Caregiver Perspective.: Lieber SR, Kim HP, Baldelli L, Nash R, Teal R, Magee G, Desai CS, Loiselle MM, Lee SC, Singal AG, Marrero JA, Barritt AS, Evon DM, Liver Transpl 2021 Sep
What Survivorship Means to Liver Transplant Recipients-Qualitative Groundwork for A Survivorship Conceptual Model.: Lieber SR, Kim HP, Baldelli L, Nash R, Teal R, Magee G, Loiselle MM, Desai CS, Lee SC, Singal AG, Marrero JA, Barritt AS, Evon DM, Liver Transpl 2021 May
What Liver Transplant Recipients Want in a Smartphone Intervention to Enhance Recovery: Prototype for the LiveRight Transplant App.: Lieber SR, Kim HP, Baldelli L, Evon DM, Teal R, Nash R, Magee G, Desai CS, Gerber D, Serrano P, Shah N, Barritt AS, Liver Transpl 2021 04 27 4 584-589
A Systematic Review of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Primary Biliary Cholangitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.: Kim HP, Lieber SR, Rogers ME, Moon AM, Loiselle M, Walker J, Assis DN, Safer R, Gomel R, Evon DM, Hepatol Commun 2020 Oct 4 10 1502-1515
Non-adherence and graft failure in adult liver transplant recipients.: Lieber SR, Volk ML, Dig. Dis. Sci. 2013 Mar 58 3 824-34

Books

Individual Rights versus the Public Interest: Outbreak. In The Picture of Health: Medical Ethics and the Movies

Lieber SR (2015). New York, Oxford University Press

Honors & Awards

American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant
(2023-2024)
American College of Gastroenterology Junior Faculty Development Award
(2022)
KL2 Research Scholar
(2021-2022)
AASLD Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Award
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (2019-2021)
Alpha Omega Alpha
Medical Honor Society (2019)
AASLD Innovation Fund
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (2018-2020)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
American College of Gastroenterology
American Gastroenterology Association
American Society for Transplantation
European Association for Study of Liver Disease